Spain ups dealings in Viet Nam

HCM CITY — A business delegation from Spain's Gipuzkoa province is paying a four day working visit to HCM City to promote trade co-operation with Vietnamese partners.

Gipuzkoa's authorities have selected Viet Nam as one destination in its trade promotion programme in Asia.

Viet Nam last year imported nearly 226 million euros (US$284.5 million) from Spain, up 42.7 per cent against the previous year, while exporting more than 1.41 billion euros ($549 million) from the market, up 32 per cent.-VNS